Attachment

Have I mentioned how great our attachment is going? Although I'm losing sleep over it, I am so happy how it's going. I have moved a twin sized mattress next to my bed and lie down with her until she goes to sleep. I was on a toddler mattress with her, but only half of me fit on there, so I broke down and put the twin size there. Someday she will end up in her own bed. The other night, she put her arm around me and put my arm around her. This is from a child who hated to be touched and snuggled. It took about a year and a half if I remember correctly to allow herself to be even sitting on an adult bed. She would panic just when we tried to sit her on our bed. She allowed herself in a bed one time when we went to a hotel. She was afraid to stay in the portable crib, so she decided she had to be with me to be out of there. I get many hugs and kisses each day, something I could only dream of for years. My concerns for emotional expressive language have almost disappeared. We are going to go to Disneyworld in a couple of weeks. I think this will tell us how far we have actually come. Although she enjoys some of it, she does not want to go back. We will be there with another girl who was adopted the same time as she was from the same place. Hopefully this will help her enjoy it more. We plan to go back in November with another friend. Who would have imagined that we would have to convince her that going to Disney was a good thing. She even tried ice cream the last time we were there. School is still going well, she stayed a full day today and plans to tomorrow also. I have been consulting with the attachment therapist every three weeks on average. Our next appt is in a week and I think I need to extend it because we have no new or pressing issues. How great is that?